CYP Now Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

The shortlist for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been determined in another record-breaking year for entries.

The CYP Now Awards 2015 will be held on Thursday 26 November at the Hurlingham Club in London.

This is the tenth year of the Awards and they bring national recognition for projects and services that make a difference to children, young people and families right across the country.

Thank you to all those who entered from across the UK – we received a total of almost 600 entries.

A 16-strong panel of expert judges has scrutinised and studied all the entries to produce shortlists in each category. A panel of young judges is examining these entries and their marks will count towards determining the overall winners.

The winners will be revealed at a gala ceremony on the evening of Thursday 26 November inside the striking Georgian clubhouse at the Hurlingham Club on the banks of the River Thames in London – the scene of memorable CYP Now Award ceremonies in the past.

There will be dinner and live entertainment followed by the award presentations. We hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be an inspirational evening.

The Early Years AwardBarnsley Children’s Centres - Having a Baby antenatal education programme Family Action - Perinatal Support ProjectLincolnshire County Council - Prime Time programmeThe Lowry Centre Trust - Young Parents at The LowryNSPCC - Baby Steps in JerseySouth Tyneside Council - Basket of Opportunities (BOO) child development programme

The Play Award Disability Challengers - Challengers Play and Youth SchemesLondon Borough of Hackney - Play Streets Play Torbay - 3 Bay Ventures

The Youth Work AwardAchieving for Children - SEND ChampionsAchieving for Children - Youth Council Elections for Kingston and RichmondAldwyck Housing Group, Next Generation ProjectDuke of Edinburgh’s Award - New Leaders ProgrammeRochdale Youth Service Rochdale Youth Service Disability GroupSporting Communities – Streetwise Detached Youth Work Youth Moves, South Bristol

The Youth Volunteering Award Achieving for Children - Safe From CampaignAlcohol Concern – Youth Alcohol Advertising Council Barnardo's - POWAR (Children with Disabilities Council), LancashireBritish Olympic Foundation and the British Paralympic Association - Get Set to Make a ChangeFull Circle Education - Eastern ChatterMedia for Development - Young Dads' CouncilNorth East Lincolnshire Council - Young ReportersTakeover Radio Children's Media Trust - Takeover Radio 103.2fmYouth Connexions Hertfordshire - Herts1125 Who not What

The Arts and Culture AwardBeatfreeks - Level UP, BirminghamChildren North East - Families Plus, Musical RelationshipsCreative Youth Network - Creative CareersCurious Minds - Strong VoicesEssex County Council and The Hermit Club - The Hermit LiveThe Life & Deaf Association – What the Jackdaw SawMess Up The Mess Theatre Company TouchedTheatre, Brighton - A Place of Safety

The Family Support AwardEdinburgh Cyrenians - Conflict Resolution ServicesGloucestershire Young Carers - InterActKingston WelCare - Families Apart projectLincolnshire County Council - Lincolnshire Families and Babies ProjectShelter - Liverpool Family Support ServiceTogether Trust - Together For FamiliesNorth Yorkshire County Council –School to School Transfer: Army Drawdown Support

The Children's Achievement AwardFaye Clarke, care leaver, Derbyshire Care Leavers Employment Team James Curtis - young ambassador at Auditory Verbal UKMatthew Hirst -Twenty Twenty in LeicestershireSamuel Mangoro, organiser of All Hearts campaign for all schools to have defibrillatorsDamarius Williams - Manchester Young Lives

The Partnership Working AwardAdopt South WestBarnsley Children’s Centres - Having a Baby antenatal education programme Catch22 Pan Cheshire Missing from Home serviceDerby Theatre - Solace of the RoadIslamic Values Partnership between Family Links and the UK Islamic MissionNorth Yorkshire County Council – School to School Transfer: Army Drawdown SupportNorth Yorkshire LGBT Delivery Group -Growing up as a LGBT young person in North Yorkshire Sheffield Community Youth Teams, Northern General Hospital Emergency Department and Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Pathway for Vulnerable Young PeopleStoke Speaks Out

The Recruitment and Professional Development AwardSomerset County Council - Fostering and Adoption Recruitment Service Central Bedfordshire Council - Academy of Social Work and Early Intervention Wolverhampton City Council - Wolverhampton Early Help 0-5Lancashire County Council - Employment and Support TeamMedway Council - Medway Social Work Academy

Public Sector Children's Team AwardCumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Love Barrow FamiliesDerbyshire County Council – Children’s Rights TeamSurrey County Council - CAMHS Rights and Participation TeamCafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service)London Borough of Hackney - Young Hackney Youth and School Sports Unit